
Age as an Equality Issue
Legal and Policy Perspectives
Hart Publishing
Published on 18. July 2003
Book
Hardback
239 pages
978-1-84113-405-5 (ISBN)
Description
Until recently, age discrimination attracted little social opprobrium. However, ageism has now been thrust onto the equality agenda by the spectre of an ageing population. This has led to a range of policies on 'active ageing.' Most importantly, legally binding legislation prohibiting age discrimination in employment will need to be in place by 2006. Remarkably little attention has been paid to the key issues. To what extent is age inevitably linked with declining capacity? What are the central aims of a policy on age equality, and how can these be realised in law? How should law and policy address age discrimination in health, education and employment? What lessons can be learned from the US and Europe? And should young people be dealt with in the same way as older people? This book answers these questions in a series of chapters by experts from a wide range of disciplines. It begins by examining the nature of the ageing process and then turns to a detailed analysis of the concept of age equality. In the light of this analysis, the following three chapters critically assess employment, education, and health. A separate chapter is devoted to discrimination against children.
The last two chapters consider the experience in the US, and other European countries.
The last two chapters consider the experience in the US, and other European countries.
Reviews / Votes
...the conceptual chapters have much to offer. For those who want to expand discussion of age discrimination beyond issues of mandatory retirement, this book offers ideas about what is possible, by suggesting areas where the equality debate needs to occur. Sheila M Neysmith, Faculty of Social Work, University of Toronto Canadian Journal on Aging May 2005More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight
523 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-84113-405-5 (9781841134055)
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Persons
Sandra Fredman is Professor of Law at Oxford University and Fellow of Exeter College Oxford. Sarah Spencer is Senior Associate at the Institute for Public Policy Research and a Commissioner on the Commission for Racial Equality.
Content
1. Introduction - Sandra Fredman and Sarah Spencer 2. Age Discrimination: Implications of the Ageing Process - Sir John Grimley Evans 3. The Age of Equality - Sandra Fredman 4. Age Discrimination in Employment: Implementing the Framework Directive 2000/78/EC - Bob Hepple QC 5. Age Equality in Health and Social Care - Janice Robinson 6. Age Equality in Access to Education - Tom Schuller 7. Children's Rights for Grown-ups - Jonathan Herring 8. Age Discrimination Law: Some Remarks on the American Experience - Lawrence M Friedman 9. Comparative European Perspectives on Age Discrimination Legislation - Colm O'Cinneide Index